Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Indeed, We sent Our messengers with clear proofs)
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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Indeed, We sent Our messengers with clear proofs)]
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: [Al-Hadid: 25] This sentence is affirmed by three affirmers according to the rules of the Arabic language: the first affirmer is the implied oath.
The second affirmer: The lam.
The third affirmer: Qad.
Because the estimation of the lam is: By Allah! Indeed, We sent Our messengers with clear proofs.
And the affirmation here is not focused on the sending of the messengers;Because the sending of the messengers is known: [Fatir: 24] but it is focused on His saying: (with clear proofs) meaning: that the messengers came with clear proofs, and the clear proofs are a description of a described noun that is omitted,and the implied meaning is: with the clear signs.
Meaning: The clear signs indicating the truth and validity of their message, for Allah the Exalted did not send a prophet except that He gave him of the signs what would make people believe in its like, and this is from wisdom and mercy.
As for it being from wisdom, it is because it is not from wisdom for a man from the children of Adam to come and say to people: I am the messenger of Allah to you without a sign and without a clear proof.
And as for it being from mercy, it is because if people were obligated to believe in the messengers of Allah without clear proofs with them, there would be in that a great hardship, so from the mercy of Allah is that Allah supported the messengers with the clear, apparent signs.
The scholars said: And Allah the Exalted, from His wisdom and mercy, made for every prophet of the signs by which his message is made clear,And they said: Indeed, Musa (peace be upon him) came with clear signs that the magicians were unable to match, despite the strength of the magicians' knowledge and the spread of magic, but they were unable to bring forth the like of what he brought. It is not hidden that Musa (peace be upon him) had with him a staff that when he threw it, it became a living snake, and when he carried it, it became a staff with which he beat his sheep, leaned on it, and had other needs for it.
'Isa (peace be upon him) they said: Indeed, medicine had spread in his time and reached a high level, so he came with a sign that the doctors were unable to match,Which are: the reviving of the dead and bringing them out of the graves, the curing of the blind and the leper, and this is beyond the capability of medicine.
As for Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), he came in a time when eloquence had flourished in the Arabic language and risen to its highest human levels, so Allah the Exalted revealed to him this Qur'an which baffled these eloquent Arabs from bringing forth its like, and they were challenged several times, so once Allah the Exalted said to His prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): [Al-Isra: 88] and the meaning of (supporter) is: helper.
And Allah the Exalted said: [Hud: 13] And He the Mighty and Majestic said: [Yunus: 38] And He the Mighty and Majestic said: [Al-Tur: 33-34] meaning a story, and they were unable to do that.
So the important point is that all the prophets (peace and blessings be upon them) came with the clear signs so that no excuse remains for people.
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:
We have already sent Our messengers with clear evidences
لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِThe second affirmer: The lam.
The third affirmer: Qad.
Because the estimation of the lam is: By Allah! Indeed, We sent Our messengers with clear proofs.
And the affirmation here is not focused on the sending of the messengers;Because the sending of the messengers is known:
And there was no nation but that there had passed within it a warner.
وَإِنْ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌMeaning: The clear signs indicating the truth and validity of their message, for Allah the Exalted did not send a prophet except that He gave him of the signs what would make people believe in its like, and this is from wisdom and mercy.
As for it being from wisdom, it is because it is not from wisdom for a man from the children of Adam to come and say to people: I am the messenger of Allah to you without a sign and without a clear proof.
And as for it being from mercy, it is because if people were obligated to believe in the messengers of Allah without clear proofs with them, there would be in that a great hardship, so from the mercy of Allah is that Allah supported the messengers with the clear, apparent signs.
The scholars said: And Allah the Exalted, from His wisdom and mercy, made for every prophet of the signs by which his message is made clear,And they said: Indeed, Musa (peace be upon him) came with clear signs that the magicians were unable to match, despite the strength of the magicians' knowledge and the spread of magic, but they were unable to bring forth the like of what he brought. It is not hidden that Musa (peace be upon him) had with him a staff that when he threw it, it became a living snake, and when he carried it, it became a staff with which he beat his sheep, leaned on it, and had other needs for it.
'Isa (peace be upon him) they said: Indeed, medicine had spread in his time and reached a high level, so he came with a sign that the doctors were unable to match,Which are: the reviving of the dead and bringing them out of the graves, the curing of the blind and the leper, and this is beyond the capability of medicine.
As for Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), he came in a time when eloquence had flourished in the Arabic language and risen to its highest human levels, so Allah the Exalted revealed to him this Qur'an which baffled these eloquent Arabs from bringing forth its like, and they were challenged several times, so once Allah the Exalted said to His prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family):
Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."
قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الإِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ لا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيراًAnd Allah the Exalted said:
Or do they say, "He invented it"? Say, "Then bring ten surahs like it that have been invented
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِثْلِهِ مُفْتَرَيَاتٍOr do they say [about the Prophet], "He invented it?" Say, "Then bring forth a surah like
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِثْلِهِ(33) Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe. (34) Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُ بَل لا يُؤْمِنُونَ * فَلْيَأْتُوا بِحَدِيثٍ مِثْلِهِSo the important point is that all the prophets (peace and blessings be upon them) came with the clear signs so that no excuse remains for people.